Hugo Chavez Initiates New Presidential Period While Hospitalized in Cuba

CARACAS, VENEZUELA - JANUARY 10: Bolivian Persident Evo Morales Ayma (L) and Uruguayan Pesident Jose Mujica during a meeting to support Hugo Chavez at Miraflores Presidential Palace on January 10, 2013 in Caracas, Venzuela. Chavez is now hospitalized in Cuba due to a cancer. Meanwhile, his followers back him up in the day a new presidential term is inaugurated without him. People make their way to Miraflores Presidential Palace to witness a symbolic swearing-in. (Photo by Gregorio Marrero/LatinContent via Getty Images)